CVE-2016-5198

HighCVSS 8.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac included incorrect optimisation assumptions, which allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write operations, leading to code execution, via a crafted HTML page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aGoogle Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and MacGoogle Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac

References

Timeline

Published
Jan 19, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV
Jun 8, 2022
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2016-5198: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix